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Volume 1, Issue 1
Founder’s
Message
blessings I was proud owner of IIE Gold Award 2012
for the best performing student chapter. Although, my
journey with IIE ended there I was not able to quench
my thirst to help our fellow students and professional
industrial engineers. Once my article in Technology
Times magazine got record hits and brought me messages from unknown professionals who demanded
that much more needs to be done to raise awareness
of Industrial Engineering in Pakistan and I finally concluded that we indeed need something similar to IIE in
Pakistan.
Dear Brothers & Sisters,
During my graduation at University of Management and Technology (UMT) in Lahore I was
thrilled to find out about this new field of study
called the “Industrial Engineering”. Just like you
I was not sure what I will become in the future
and what my job description would be. What
roles I would play in an industry or what kind of
business I could start of my own. There were
many similar questions that kept haunting me
for the first two semesters. It was difficult and
very challenging to keep my interest alive.
It was back in 2010 when I first visited the website of Institute of Industrial Engineers (IIE)
which is based in Georgia USA. It was not a
surprise visit I was intentionally looking for such
a phrase of words because I had seen Institute
of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
working in my university for the Electrical Engineering students providing them awareness programs, competitions, and leadership opportunities so and so forth. I wanted to replicate that
but for Industrial Engineering students in my
university. That’s when I decided to form a student chapter of IIE and by 2012 with Allah’s
On 2nd May 2011, I met Gregory H. Watson who was
at that time Senior Vice President International of IIE.
We met him at a conference in Lahore and he also
suggested me to establish a local organization to
gather professionals and students under one platform.
His suggestion and my thirst together led to the establishment of the Pakistan Society of Industrial Engineers (PSIE). It is in this spirit that I invite you to consider becoming a PSIE member to educate the masses about what great industrial engineering field really
is so that our professionals and students can be intellectually equipped to become the leaders of tomorrow. I dream that one day PSIE may become the largest Industrial Engineering organization in Pakistan
and support IEz not only within the country but also
those who are residing outside so that we can form a
network to share knowledge and expertise.
Thank you, sincerely, and may God Bless you as He
has blessed us through our investment in this great
cause. Dear brothers & sisters, there is now better
return.
With all best wishes and kindest regards,
Azeem Iqbal,
Founder and Chairperson